Live equine exports from Argentina to the Federation of Malaysia have reopened

Published 2024년 8월 13일

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Argentina and Malaysia have agreed to resume horse exports from Argentina to Malaysia, which were previously suspended due to the detection of Western Equine Encephalomyelitis in 2023. This decision was made after months of collaboration between Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, the National Service of Health and Agri-Food Quality, and the Argentine embassy in Malaysia. The resumption of exports is contingent on the new International Veterinary Certificate, as required by Malaysia's health authorities. In 2022, Malaysia ranked seventh as a destination for live horse exports from Argentina.

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Sales to that country had been suspended in November 2023 due to the detection of Western Equine Encephalomyelitis. The Malaysian Federation informed Argentina of the authorization to resume exports of live horses, operations that had been suspended since November 2023 due to the detection of Western Equine Encephalomyelitis in our country. The reopening of this market is the result of the joint work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, the National Service of Health and Agri-Food Quality (Senasa) and the Embassy of Argentina in Malaysia, which for eight months established contacts with the Asian country for the exchange of health information, the configuration of a new risk analysis and the subsequent approval of the new International Veterinary Certificate ...

Source: Defrentealcampo